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Unit 1 Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 3DT

DC/09/51067Full ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 22 July 2009

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use to play barn and cafe with external alterations including raising of roof height (revised application DC/09/50656).

Received
22 June 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Soho & Victoria
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 Britannia Works Rolfe Street Smethwick B66 3DT. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 30 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria. We hold 775 applications in total for the B66 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B66 3DT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2009
Consultation expiry
23 July 2009
Consultation start
1 July 2009
Consultation end
22 July 2009
Neighbour consultation start
1 July 2009
Neighbour consultation end
22 July 2009
Last date for comments
23 July 2009
Target decision date
18 August 2009
Committee meeting
22 July 2009
Application expires
18 August 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 July 2009
Site notice end
23 July 2009

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2009
    22 Jun

    Proposed change of use to play barn and cafe with external alterations including raising of roof height…

    This applicationWithdrawnFullDC/09/51067
  2. 2009
    4 Mar

    Change of use to play barn and cafe with external alterations including raising of roof height.

    RefusedChange of UsePart ofDC/09/50656

Source: Sandwell

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